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Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald ([personal profile] enjoymyatelier) wrote2014-01-16 09:10 pm

13 [VIDEO | ACTION FOR ECRUTEAK]

[Well, between winter not really being winter and Ecruteak being a vastly more interesting city than the last one he wintered in, Kayneth has decided to take in the sights... well, again. After all, he was all over the place ever since he got there, even in the cold...

...however, admittedly, he's not just doing it to look into the cultural highlights. He's a bit restless, actually. It's not so much that he dislikes Ecruteak or wants to move on --- indeed, far from it, particularly given that it's still winter and he doesn't quite know when the weather will become less pleasant and more seasonally appropriate, and... well, he could stand to stay here until spring just to see how the city looks.

He can't quite place it, really. He's been dealing with some vague sense of melancholy since November that he can't trace the source of.

Or, perhaps, he doesn't want to place the source of it.

So, as he goes through the Ecruteak Museum (again), an annoyance strikes him, and he decides to focus on that instead, because really, it's been giving him a headache for quite a while and sometimes you really just need to ramble to the internet for a while in front of the Burned Tower.]


You know, having spent over a month in Ecruteak, I'm really wondering why it isn't a more popular destination for travelers, given that it's absolutely stunning. Even in the slightly unfortunate drabness of a midwinter thaw, I can't think of a place I've been that's more impressive. Certainly not Goldenrod; one really has to wonder why that city's so popular, given that it pales in comparison to what I'd say is Johto's cultural center.

Perhaps it may have something to do with the fact that the local organized crime syndicate seems to enjoy using it for target practice for reasons I can't quite determine, as it just appears as though they're bored out of their minds.

[is it casually shittalk team rocket week or something...]

...Granted, on the subject of culture... I'll admit, I'm starting to miss works of art and literature that don't completely revolve around Pokemon. It's not like this place has nothing of cultural value, but every so often I come across something vaguely familiar... and it is, but there are always Pokemon awkwardly wedged in. Perhaps the natives don't find Whirlipede Heights and Mary Shellder vaguely offputting, but I certainly do. What I wouldn't give for proper literature...

[He pauses for a second, his expression flickering to... something else.]

...and here I am talking about it to some machine. I've really been in this place for far too long...

[He ends the feed, having kind of embarrassingly sort of maybe admitted he was homesick in the most pretentious way ever.]
doitrockapella: (ROPE ❖ just this and forced perspective)

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[personal profile] doitrockapella 2014-01-24 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure your surroundings do, too.

Which reminds me — have you been painting lately? I like my Christmas presents.
konpeitoqueen: (shush pig bitch)

[personal profile] konpeitoqueen 2014-01-24 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just surrounded by people like that, though, even in my own world! It's suffocating.

[ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT KAYNETH?!] Do you seriously think that? You look like such a lame character... if you get picked off, no one will even remember you!
usedfeatherdance: (Hey is that on sale?)

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[personal profile] usedfeatherdance 2014-01-24 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ugh don't even get Joshua started on the natives. Most wouldn't know good conversation if it slapped them in the face. ]

It always feels empty to me. I left Goldenrod because there simply isn't enough to do, but sometimes it seems even the whole world here can't offer as much as what only my city could. Not to mention the travel times are insufferable.
timelymaid: art by <user name=strovi site=tumblr.com> (+ sweet smile. close. yes?)

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[personal profile] timelymaid 2014-01-24 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you're in Ecruteak? I just left there the other week...if I'd have known, I'd have come to visit you more. John and Rose have a house there, you know; it's where I was staying the past few months.
islandshore: (amused)

[personal profile] islandshore 2014-01-25 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm gonna have to disagree there, but I'm probably one of the few people here who wouldn't touch that place with a one hundred foot pole.

[Which he knows is kinda irrational. Blame being stuck there on and off for his first few months.]

Pewter's pretty cool, though, and Cerulean's not bad during the warmer weather. Besides, it's got a water park. Goldenrod's got a sports arena, but that's so passive by comparison.

[Darn it, he'd take slick water slides over watching people hit balls around.]

But I guess you've got a point as far as books go. Too bad there aren't many up and coming writers around-- they really could use more variety.
konpeitoqueen: (the plot thickens)

[personal profile] konpeitoqueen 2014-01-26 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[EHEHEHEHEH]

Maybe in your previous world, just maybe. But here? I have allies that won't let me die... that make sure my will can be carried on. How about you? Can you name any close allies here?

Well, can you?
konpeitoqueen: (ahahahahah... i'll fucking krill you)

[personal profile] konpeitoqueen 2014-01-26 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Hah, she's used to jabs at her personality by now.] Well, if I actually let myself into such a mess that I need someone to fish me out, maybe I should just die in the first place. Unfortunately for those who may want me dead, I'm pretty used to saving myself.

And people from my previous life are here. They all owe me for gracing their pathetic lives with my presence! So what if people don't think I'm nice enough for them? [Hohoho.] A fair amount? Are you sure?
doitrockapella: (COVET ❖ i window-shop in museums)

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[personal profile] doitrockapella 2014-01-26 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Crafting? What have you been making?
konpeitoqueen: (shush pig bitch)

[personal profile] konpeitoqueen 2014-01-26 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[SHHHHH don't remind her.] Pokémon are good slaves and all, but having human ones is never a bad thing.

So what if they do? They have so much things to leave behind and presents for me, maybe their disappearance could be a good thing! Oh, and of course I don't explicitly need them- but when it comes down to it, who are people going to help? The poor little girl or the smelly, smug Westerner?
doitrockapella: (HATCH ❖ chronoskimmer gets us gone)

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[personal profile] doitrockapella 2014-01-26 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't have figured you as someone in need of extra cash in the first place. What's your medium? Wood carving? Metal sculpture?
doitrockapella: (ROPE ❖ just this and forced perspective)

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[personal profile] doitrockapella 2014-01-26 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Color me impressed. I've met at least one woodcarver here that I'm rather fond of; it's nice to hear there's no need for competition in that respect.

Will you show me your work sometime?
doitrockapella: (ROPE ❖ just this and forced perspective)

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[personal profile] doitrockapella 2014-01-27 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
He's an old man who lives in Pallet Town. He does wood carvings in most varieties, but I first learned about him because of a puzzle box he put together. It turns out he's never left the town in his entire life, so all of his music boxes are built to play the music that plays in the background of Pallet Town, and he likes to build them and send them all over the region because he likes to imagine his boxes having magnificent travels in his stead.

He's really a charming fellow; I'm terribly fond of him.
konpeitoqueen: (wow ahahahha u dumb)

[personal profile] konpeitoqueen 2014-01-27 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
...How does blonde hair relate to being Western? [DON'T ARGUE WITH ANIMELAND LOGIC]

Outright insults are just insults! People to get turned off by just that and don't realize my own potential aren't worth my time anyway.

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